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An investigation into the sensitivity of various albedo neutron dosimeters aimed at correcting the readings

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The results of an experimental determination of the sensitivity of three types of individual neutron albedo dosimeters in neutron reference fields on the basis of radionuclide sources and at the top concrete shielding of the U-70 accelerator are presented. The results show that the ratios between the responses of the albedo dosimeters designed earlier at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (the albedo dosimeter (AD) and the multicomponent dosimeter (MD)) and the currently used DVGN-01 dosimeter are constant within 25% in a wide range of neutron energy. This fact makes it possible to use the results of measuring the AD and MD responses obtained earlier in neutron fields of nuclear-physical installations at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) for the correction of DVGN-01 dosimeter measurement results to apply it to personal radiation monitoring (PRM) at these installations. The correction factors for DVGN-01 measurement results are found and recommended to be used in PRM for most JINR installations.

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  1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia

    A. G. Alekseev

  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

    Yu. V. Mokrov & S. V. Morozova

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Alekseev, Yu.V. Mokrov, S.V. Morozova, 2012, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2012, No. 2 (172), pp. 312–327.

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Alekseev, A.G., Mokrov, Y.V. & Morozova, S.V. An investigation into the sensitivity of various albedo neutron dosimeters aimed at correcting the readings. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 9, 192–201 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477112020021

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